Position Summary

Reporting directly to the Apogee CFO and dotted line to the Large Scale Optical (LSO) business unit President, the incumbent will act as a business partner for the business president and management team, providing key decision support on a broad range of commercial and strategic issues, particularly as the business seeks to reposition the business products and services to drive profitable growth.

The VP of Finance will plan, develop, organize, implement, direct the segment's Finance activities including (1) business unit financial management, budgeting and forecasting; (2) finance functional excellence; and (3) becoming a strategic business partner.

The successful incumbent will help the business unit maximize long term profitable sales growth, maximize capital deployment, ensure accuracy and integrity of financial information, ensure operation of key financial and operational controls, and establish credibility throughout the enterprise as an effective developer of solutions to business challenges.

Reporting Relationship:

This position will report to the CFO of Apogee Enterprises while serving as a strategic partner to LSO's Business President, by anticipating business issues, providing insights and driving good decision making through sound financial management. This role will be part of LSO's Leadership team, LSO's Business Segment leadership team and the Finance Leadership team.

Responsibilities

Business Unit Financial Management and Forecasting. Encompassing financial management and control, budgeting, forecasting, corporate development, manufacturing and commercial support.

• Ensure business unit forecasts are deliverable, and once committed ensure they are delivered in support of the enterprise delivering on its external commitments.

• Provide consolidated reports for the business unit as appropriate.

• Understand key contracts and their KPIs and provide analysis and explanations for any variances and unforeseen trading patterns.

Finance Functional Excellence. Work with the Apogee and Segment Finance teams to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the financial information, aligned and effective delivery of Finance support, reporting, services to business units and functions, and successful operation of internal controls.

• Participate as a valued member of the Apogee Finance team providing insights and reports on the business as needed.

• Ensure that all business unit policies and procedures are implemented properly and ensure best practice are followed across all Finance teams.

• Lead execution of internal controls for the segment. Ensures that the business unit maintains compliance with applicable state and federal regulations, GAAP, corporate financial policies and SOX requirements.

• Evaluate the finance structure at the business unit to identify areas for greater efficiency and effectiveness.

• Provide individuals with professional and personal growth opportunities and development.

• Support the transition of certain accounting and transactional processing functions to a shared service organization.

Strategic Business Partner. Deliver insightful analysis to the business unit president and leadership team in support business objectives and decision making. Oversee the preparation strategic plans and annual budgets for the business unit, working with the business unit leadership team to critically review plans to ensure they meet both short- and long-run objectives.

• Develop and drive segment growth initiatives.

• Bring strong interpersonal to influence business outcomes

• Serve as a key member of the business unit leadership team and Apogee Finance to drive and implement strategies that are critical to the overall business and financial success.

• Support the development and implementation of business unit strategies (STRAP), challenging the team to explore new opportunities for top and bottom-line growth. Ensures high quality decision support through financial analysis for geographic expansion opportunities, pricing strategy, customer and product profitability, new product development, manufacturing and supply chain optimization, capital asset investments, and potential acquisitions.

• Lead the business unit in preparation of the budget, Annual Operating Plan (AOP).

• Evaluate and advise on the impact of long-range planning, introduction of new programs/strategies/products and regulatory actions.

• Support and critique new projects and ensure that ongoing business activities are delivering the requisite revenue, margin and cash, while maintaining a bottom-line focus.

• Analyze business unit operations to pinpoint opportunities for greater efficiency and effectiveness.

• Responsible for sales operations and analytics

Education & Experience

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field along with a minimum of 15+ years broad-based business experience, with prior experience in a similar role partnering with Executive leadership.
• Knowledge of financial tools (Excel, PowerBI, SAP-BPC, etc.)
• Ability to effectively manage and lead teams
• Experience working in a matrix organization
• Experience working in manufacturing industry
• Strong financial modeling experience
• Cost accounting experience

Preferred:

• Master's degree in business administration, accounting or finance (preferred)
• CPA
• M&A experience
• International exposure

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